IMT Work in the ITU-R 3G Americas DOCUMENT #: GSC13-PLEN-63 FOR: Presentation SOURCE: 3G Americas AGENDA ITEM: 6.1 CONTACT(S): Chris Pearson chris.pearson@3gamericas.org +1 425 372 8925 IMT Work in the ITU-R 3G Americas Submission Date: July 10, 2008

Current Activities – Study Group 5 New Study Group 5 was created in ITU-R to work on systems and networks for fixed, mobile, radiodetermination, amateur and amateur-satellite services. This includes the work of all aspects of IMT (IMT-2000 (3G) maintenance, IMT-Advanced (4G) evaluation and documentation, spectrum requirements and sharing studies, etc.) SG5 created WP5D as the group dedicated to the IMT work, which will hold 3 meetings this year. The next SG5 meeting will determine if this work on IMT will remain in a working group dedicated solely to all aspects of the IMT work or combined with dissimilar radio services, which would put the IMT work in jeopardy of being dismantled.

Current Activities - Working Party 5D The working group dedicated to IMT has been and remains larger than most ITU Study Groups and has more work assigned than any other working party in the ITU. In addition, WP5D has been assigned the work associated with defining the band plans related to new IMT spectrum allocated at the WRC-07. The work going forward, of evaluating and developing the specifications for IMT-Advanced will require the dedicated focus of industry subject matter experts.

Current Activities - Working Party 5D Attendance in the IMT Working Party encompasses regulatory and policy agencies from around the world, as well as the top tier network operators, infrastructure manufacturers, terminal suppliers, and other key representatives of the “wireless value chain”. These operators, manufacturers and others represent a combined market valuation (capitalization) of an estimated 10 trillion equivalent US dollars.

Current Activities - Working Party 5D The vast majority of these global telecommunications participants believe - because of the importance for the future telecommunications needs of the global village - the ITU should keep this work in a dedicated, stand alone working party within Study Group 5. It is ONLY in the ITU-R and specifically in IMT Group that the confluence of the four pillars of the industry come together the requirements of the users and the market place, the scarce/limited resource of the spectrum, the technology to utilize the spectrum efficiently and effectively overarching GLOBAL regulatory view A dedicated work effort on IMT will set the stage for long term work in future ITU study periods.

Next Steps/Actions Therefore, it is proposed the GSC communicate to the ITU Secretary General its desire to maintain the work of IMT in a dedicated, stand alone working party to enable this work to continue with the speed and expertise required for the continuing advancement of Information Communication Technology (ICT) into all regions including developing nations. The GSC encourage the ITU Secretary General to convey this support for a working party within SG5 dedicated exclusively to all aspects of IMT from a radio perspective (IMT-2000 maintenance, IMT-Advanced evaluation and documentation, spectrum requirements and sharing studies, etc.) to the next meeting of SG5.